Education

"What Will It Take?" is our main educational project.

The conservation movement has made a good beginning. We now know that something is wrong. We have become "environmentally aware". But does this really amount to much? And are most environmentalists in danger of losing their way? The current shallow approach cannot succeed. A new attitude and a wider understanding are required. We need a deeper approach to nature conservation.

The main problems are:

• The "me, me, me" psychology: selfishness.

• Overpopulation: there are too many people. In October 1999, the human population reached 6 billion (there were only 3 billion people in 1960) and it is still rapidly increasing by 1 million people every four days or so. There were 7 billion on our planet by the end of October 2011 (slightly earlier than expected). More people simply means less space for nature.

• "I want more": the greed of over-consumption.